1979 Minnesota 7, 1979 New England 17

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total
1979 Minnesota

0

7

0

0

0

7
1979 New England

0

0

14

3

0

17
Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Poss Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
2 3:36 1979 Minnesota T.Brown 5 yd. pass from T.Kramer (R.Danmeier kick) 7-0 MNN
3 12:18 1979 New England M.Haynes 52 yd. intercept (J.Smith kick) 7-7 NEA
3 0:18 1979 New England H.Jackson 12 yd. pass from S.Grogan (J.Smith kick) 14-7 NEA
4 3:54 1979 New England J.Smith 19 yd. field goal 17-7 NEA

Team Statistics
1979 Minnesota 1979 New England
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 3-11-2-16 7-7-1-15
Third Down Efficiency 4-11-36% 3-13-23%
Fourth Down Efficiency 0-2-0% 1-1-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 7-14-50% 10-21-48%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 285-59-4.8 228-65-3.5
Total Net Yards Rushing 104 120
Total Rushes 23 38
Average Per Rush 4.5 3.2
Passes Completed/Attempted 18/33 (54.5%) 13/24 (54.2%)
Net Yards Passing 181 108
Avg Yards Per Pass 6.1 5.6
Sacked/Yards Lost 3/20 3/27
Punts/Average 5/38.8 7/39.4
Punts Received/Return Yardage 3/18 2/7
Kickoffs/Returns 4/87 2/49
Interceptions/Returns 2/12 4/82
Penalties/Yards 5/24 7/55
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 3/3 2/2
Time of Possession 26 mins 31 secs 33 mins 29 secs
Average Drive Start MNN 28 NEA 33

Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1979 Minnesota
Tommy Kramer 33 18 201 54.5 6.1 1 3.0 4 12.1 31 3/20 43.4
1979 New England
Steve Grogan 24 13 135 54.2 5.6 1 4.2 2 8.3 21 3/27 49.8

Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1979 Minnesota
Rickey Young 10 30 3.0 8 0 0 1/1
Ted Brown 8 38 4.8 11 0 0 0/0
Chuck Foreman 2 10 5.0 8 0 0 0/0
Tommy Kramer 1 7 7.0 7 0 0 0/0
Robert Miller 1 13 13.0 13 0 0 0/0
Brent McClanahan 1 6 6.0 6 0 0 0/0
1979 New England
Sam "Bam" Cunningham 16 70 4.4 11 0 0 1/1
Horace Ivory 12 37 3.1 14 0 0 0/0
Steve Grogan 6 2 0.3 6 0 0 1/1
Don Calhoun 4 11 2.8 5 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1979 Minnesota
Bob Tucker 5 59 11.8 21 0 0
Rickey Young 3 20 6.7 18 0 0
Sammy White 3 48 16.0 31 0 0
Chuck Foreman 3 31 10.3 16 0 0
Ahmad Rashad 2 26 13.0 13 0 0
Ted Brown 1 5 5.0 5 1 0
Terry LeCount 1 12 12.0 12 0 0
1979 New England
Russ Francis 6 57 9.5 13 0 0
Sam "Bam" Cunningham 4 41 10.3 19 0 0
Harold Jackson 3 37 12.3 21 1 0

Field Goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1979 Minnesota
1979 New England
John Smith 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/1 100

Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1979 Minnesota
Greg Coleman 5 38.8 37.4 0 0 43 0
1979 New England
Eddie Hare 7 39.4 34.0 1 2 57 0

Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
1979 Minnesota
Jimmy Edwards 4 87 21.8 24 0
1979 New England
Don Westbrook 1 30 30.0 30 0
Allan Clark 1 19 19.0 19 0

Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1979 Minnesota
Jimmy Edwards 2 0 18 9.0 18 0
Kevin Miller 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
1979 New England
Stanley Morgan 2 2 7 3.5 4 0

Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1979 Minnesota
Fred McNeill 8 1 0
Matt Blair 8 1 0
Jeff Siemon 7 0 1
James White 6 0 1
John Turner 6 0 0
Paul Krause 4 0 0
Bobby Bryant 4 0 0
Mark Mullaney 2 0 0
Tom Hannon 2 0 0
Randy Holloway 1 1 0
Doug Sutherland 1 0 0
1979 New England
Rod Shoate 8 1 0
Ray Hamilton 6 0 0
Tim Fox 5 0 0
Steve Nelson 5 0 0
Raymond Clayborn 5 0 0
Mike Hawkins 3 0 0
Sam Hunt 3 0 0
Doug Beaudoin 2 0 0
Richard Bishop 2 2 1
Mike Haynes 2 0 0
Tony E. McGee 1 0 0
Mark Washington 1 0 0
Harold Jackson 0 0 1
Horace Ivory 0 0 1

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
1979 Minnesota
Paul Krause 1 0 0.0 0 0
Doug Sutherland 1 12 12.0 12 0
1979 New England
Mike Haynes 3 62 20.7 52 1
Mike Hawkins 1 20 20.0 20 0